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FILE - Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs. Enforcement (ICE), is interviewed on TV on the White House grounds, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Minnesota judge orders ICE chief to appear in court to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt

Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court on Friday

2 min read

England fans show their support during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter final match between England and France in Al Khor, Qatar, on Dec. 10, 2022. Canada is hosting 13 World Cup matches in Toronto and Vancouver this summer.

Immigration Department on alert for asylum claims during World Cup

Officials warn ticketholders could be refused visas or turned away by border agents

Marie Woolf

4 min read

Finance and National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne looks on as Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to questions from media during an event at a grocery store in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

What to know about the new GST credit and who qualifies

The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit tax rebate is more narrowly targeted than previous efforts

Erica Alini

2 min read

To probe the cosmos, hundreds of radio dishes take root in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley

CHORD, once built, will scour for signals that offer clues to the origin and fate of the universe

Ivan Semeniuk and Photography by Aaron Hemens

12 min read

Toronto digs out after a record snowfall

Storm closes schools, snarls traffic, impairs transit service – but thrills tobogganers

The Globe and Mail

6 min read

Uganda opposition leader and National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi arrives to casts his ballot in Kampala on Jan. 15. Mr. Kyagulanyi came in second in the election, and escaped from house arrest on Jan. 17.

Ugandan opposition leader eludes arrest as manhunt grips country

Dozens have been killed and thousands arrested in the crackdown on opposition activists after the Jan. 15 election

Geoffrey York

3 min read

BDC targets rockets, semiconductors as first investments under new defence strategy

Crown corporation taps into seed venture fund to support Sherbrooke-based Irréversible Inc. and Toronto-based Canada Rocket Company

Pippa Norman

3 min read

The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in its 2021 budget. It was intended to prioritize the creation of spaces in non-profit daycares.

National $10-a-day child-care program expected to miss target, report says

The country will be about 90,000 spaces short of its goal of 284,000 spots by this spring, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Dave McGinn

4 min read

Toronto Maple Leafs' William Nylander (88) skates with the puck during second period NHL hockey action against the Vancouver Canucks in Toronto on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

opinion

There’s no better representation of the Leafs’ relationship with Toronto than Nylander’s finger

The Leafs don’t work on behalf of their admirers – they suffer to abide them

Cathal Kelly

4 min read

Metro reports Q1 sales growth even as distribution centre shutdown hits profits

Susan Krashinsky Robertson

A Metro grocery store is seen in the Verdun borough of Montreal on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

3 min read

Downtown Ottawa businesses eager for return of federal public servants

Ian Bailey

Pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street in Ottawa in November, 2021. Unions representing public servants have pushed back on calls for them to come into the office more often.

4 min read

Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to charges of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking

Jesse Winter

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin linked to multiple drug-related murders, is escorted by FBI agents as he arrives handcuffed at Ontario International Airport, in California, U.S., January 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from video. FBI/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

4 min read

Gazans hopeful border crossing will reopen as Israel recovers remains of last hostage

Hasan Jaber

(FILES) This picture taken on August 27, 2023 shows a view of the entrance of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel said on January 26, 2026, it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its "limited reopening" once it has recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP via Getty Images)

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Vention raises $150-million as Quebec makes biggest venture bet yet

Sean Silcoff

Investissement Quebec, which contributed $55-million of Vention's latest financing round, has invested $800-million in venture capital over the past decade.

3 min read

Australia swelters through prolonged heat wave as temperatures near 50 C

Fans walk and ride bikes through a water mister at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

2 min read

How a small-town company that can trace its roots to 1917 is helping fuel the AI boom

Joe Castaldo

Adrian Thomas, chief executive officer of Hammond Power Solutions, at the company facility in Guelph, Ont., on Jan 16.

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Hundreds line up in Calgary to sign petition to urge vote on Alberta leaving Canada

Albertans line up at the Big Four Building to sign a petition triggering a referendum asking if Alberta should secede from Canada, in Calgary on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dayne Patterson

3 min read

MP Chak Au tenders resignation from Richmond, B.C., city council

Emily Haws

Richmond Centre-Marpole MP-elect Chak Au, who also holds a seat on Richmond city council, listens as Athens Cheung, not seen, whose late husband Rev. Tom Cheung died in a fiery car crash at the Peace Arch border crossing in 2019, speaks during a family news conference with community advocates, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 9, 2025. A provincial court judge dismissed a charge of dangerous driving against the Washington man who struck Cheung's vehicle, after being deemed not criminally responsible due to mental health reasons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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How we live

Singapore’s Edition hotel is a luxurious reprieve that doesn’t feel stifling or too cool

The 204-room hotel is the first outpost of the brand in Southeast Asia

4 min read

Canada’s tax system puts low-income working seniors at a disadvantage, report finds

Meera Raman

3 min read

I’ve tried eight ‘dream jobs’ and still don’t know what I want

4 min read

Montreal couple with $425,000 income buys townhouse with a 28% down payment

Zahra Khozema

4 min read

Little kids can play with makeup and skincare – and still know they’re beautiful without it

Amberly McAteer

Three young girls play with lipstick, applying bright colors on themselves and each other while smiling and enjoying their time together.

4 min read

Opinion

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference in Quebec City on Jan. 22. On Monday, Mr. Carney unveiled a boost to the GST credit as part of a package of measures targeting affordability.

The Carney Liberals find bad habits are hard to break

The current incarnation of the Liberals avoid the worst mistakes of the Trudeau era, but still are doling out borrowed money

The Editorial Board

3 min read

Even poor students of history can see what’s happening to the U.S.

Robyn Urback

4 min read

What Mark Carney got right, and wrong, about Vaclav Havel’s story

Tony Keller

4 min read

Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates?

André Picard

4 min read

An old idea for North American trade would be bad for Canada

Drew Fagan

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attends a joint media conference during the EU trade ministers' meeting at the European Council building in Brussels on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

4 min read

Canada prepares to go it alone on critical issues, a financial crimes agency is key

Jessica Davis

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne make their way into the House of Commons for the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 4, 2025.

4 min read

In service to Canada, and our allies

The Editorial Board

Canadian soldiers carry the remains of three comrades killed in battle to a transport plane during a ceremony at Kandahar Air Field on Thursday Sept. 4, 2008. (Photo by Graeme Smith)

Story details: A frontal Taliban assault killed three soldiers and injured five, the worst losses for Canadian troops under direct fire in two years as insurgents grow bolder in their attacks on international forces. Military officials are still investigating how Corporal Andrew Grenon, 23, Cpl. Mike Seggie, 21, and Private Chad Horn, 21, were killed as they patrolled west of Kandahar city. But they have concluded the soldiers - who were weeks or just days from heading home - weren't victims of the kind of planted bomb that has inflicted the heaviest toll on Canada's troops.

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Business & Finance

John Sleeman, right, started Spring Mill Distillery in Guelph, Ont., in part to give his sons Cooper, left, and Quinn the opportunity to participate in the family’s entrepreneurial legacy.

First beer, now whisky: the Sleemans revive a six-generation legacy

Jessica Huras

4 min read

I’m being forced into a new job that feels like a demotion. Is it constructive dismissal?

Andrea Yu

4 min read

Specialist Michael Pistillo works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Geopolitical jitters? Keep calm and TACO on

Jon Erlichman

3 min read

analysis

How food inflation is making Canadians miserable

Headline inflation numbers since the pandemic look bad enough, but they pale in comparison to the increase in food prices

4 min read

Financial Facelift - (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Can Yasmin, 55, afford to buy a Vancouver condo without risking her financial security?

Dianne Maley

6 min read

Canada is becoming a super-aged nation this year. Are we prepared?

Meera Raman

4 min read

Young female enjoying her cup of tea outdoors

Why eliminating financial temptation is better than resisting it

Erica Alini

2 min read

Opinion and Analysis

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard boats patrol San Diego Bay in July, 2019.

opinion

Canadian companies can win the trade wars by being essential to the U.S. government

Andrew Willis

3 min read

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

opinion

Why Minnesota CEOs feel the need to speak on the killings and unrest

Gus Carlson

4 min read

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

opinion

Shame on Hootsuite for abandoning Canadian values in taking ICE contract

Dana Cramer

3 min read

Specialist Meric Greenbaum works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as a television shows President Donald Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

opinion

Markets have proved resilient to Trump’s chaos. But investors should be ready for more

Rob Carrick

4 min read

Life & Culture

review

Is Samsonite’s repairable rolling bag the answer to my luggage dreams?

The suitcase has great features, but I ran into some obstacles when I tried to replace the wheels

The suitcase's interior has an AirTag holder, zipped mesh compartments, matching packing cubes and a storage area for wet things.

Catherine Dawson March

2 min read

A children’s museum dares to choose colour

Alex Bozikovic

The newly redesigned Hamilton Children’s Museum includes a 3,800-square-foot expansion.

3 min read

review

Christopher Alden’s politically aware Rigoletto returns to the Canadian Opera Company

Aisling Murphy

A scene from the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Rigoletto, 2018.

4 min read

opinion

Yes, teenagers need playgrounds too

Katherine Martinko

a skateboarder during a sunny winter afternoon at FDR Park in South Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

4 min read

Certain food preservatives tied to Type 2 diabetes and cancer risk, new studies find

Leslie Beck

High intakes of certain preservatives found in processed foods increase the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes and cancer, French findings suggest.

4 min read

Canada & World

Minnesota judge orders ICE chief to appear in court to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt

Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court on Friday

2 min read

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak

Trump heads to Iowa in a bid to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections

3 min read

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks at Teck Resources' Highland Valley Copper Mine, near Logan Lake, B.C., on Sept. 11, 2025.

B.C. Premier basks in mining expansions as sector proves to be important ally for NDP government

4 min read

Hundreds of people attend a rally to protect trans kids in Calgary, in February, 2024.

Advocacy groups to argue Alberta transgender legislation amounts to criminal prohibition

4 min read

This still photo taken from video and provided by the FBI shows Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder facing charges related to drug trafficking and the killing of a federal witness, as he is taken off a plane at Ontario International Airport in Ontario, Calif. on Friday.

Inside Ryan Wedding’s alleged rise through the narcotrafficking world

6 min read

People gather during a vigil held by healthcare workers at a memorial for Alex Pretti on Sunday in Minneapolis, Minn.

Minnesota, Trump administration set for legal showdown over immigration operations

3 min read

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